Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bast
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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain; suggested to be an alteration of Proto-Indo-European *bʰask- ~ *bʰasḱ- (“bundle, heap, load”), itself thought to be a substrate term adopted by multiple Indo-European branches (for which see Latin fascis (“bundle”) for more), but this is disputed.[1]
Noun
[edit]*bast m
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *bast | |
| Genitive | *bastas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *bast | *bastō, *bastōs |
| Accusative | *bast | *bastā |
| Genitive | *bastas | *bastō |
| Dative | *bastē | *bastum |
| Instrumental | *bastu | *bastum |